Nursing bottle cap



Aug. 28, 1962 R. MEAD 3,051,341

NURSING BOTTLE CAP Filed July 5l, 1959 /4 /4 /4 INVENTOR.

ra zur" United States Patent Ofi ice 3,05 l ,234i Patented Aug. 28,A1962 3,051,341 NURSING BOTTLE CAP Raynor Mead, 39 Marble Hill Ave., NewYork, N.Y. Filed July 31, 1959, Ser. No. 830,956 6 Claims. (Cl. 21S- 11)This invention relates to improvements in retaining caps and theirsealing discs, customarily used with nursing bottles and mason jars andcontainers of this type.

An object of this invention is to provide a retaining cap and its discconstructed and arranged to accommodate various types of life-like andlegendary figures that may be used with and without bottles and jars andarranged in various ways to content and amuse infants.

Another object is that the device may be formed of any suitable materialand in any suitable shape of form, and in part formed of figuresrepresenting life-like and legendary objects that may be squeezable, toproduce funny and distorted actions, and hollow with transparentwindows, and extended hollow chambers and resilient arrangementsv allfor the contentment and amusement of infants.

Another object is that the device when free of the amusing attachments,may become mobile as in a wagon when rolled about up-side-down.

Another object is that the device may be removably connected to nursingbottles and other containers such as vmason jars and the like, with thedisc arranged between the bottle and the retaining cap with or withoutthreads, and a spring and pin arrangement in between to carry the discwith the retaining cap as desired and a similar pin and springarrangement to hold the disc resiliently to the retaining cap ifdesired.

Another object is that by turning and adjusting the protective cap itcarries the retaining cap and disc which adjusts the arrangement oflife-like figures in the bottle to various amusing movements.

Another object is that inflatable life-like figures may be arranged withor without the bottle and inflated by means of a valve in the disc forremovably connecting life-like figures and legendary characters to oneend of the valve the other end receives the air from squeezing thehollow figures, or it may be arranged to blow the air by mouth with anaperture arranged as desired with air vents arranged as desired.

Another object is to provide a protective cap to cover a gure thatextends up through the retaining cap and a nipple when used andremovably installed on the retaining cap, and formed and shaped torepresent life-like or legendary figures, and both the life-like figuresand the protective cap may have transparent windows to View the interiorand, hollow chambers, with things therein or thereon to amuse a child.

Another object is that the protective cap may be used as a handle whenthe infant wishes to play or be amused with the amusing arrangement onthe opposite side which may also be larranged in the hollow threadedpart of the retaining cap.

Another object is that the disc may be formed and arranged with a hollowchamber to accommodate a figure having a flanged circular base, as shownin FIGURE 2.

Another object is that the rollers may be arranged in the top of theneck-like extension or bead-like element to aid in stretching life-likefigures a nipple or any suitable figure on to the cap, and whenretaining cap is placed up-side-down may be used like a wagon and rolledabout with amusing things therein.

These and other objects, features and advantages of this invention willbe manifest in the following detailed description and accompanyingdrawing of preferred embodiments thereof.

In the drawing, wherein corresponding parts are indicated by the samereference numerals.

FIGURE 1 is a vertical sectional view of the device showing the cap 10having a tubular neck-like extension 12 with a `bead-like element 13surrounding said neck at the retaining top and having lan arrangement or`a series of globular plastic or metal rollers 14 in the top socket-likearrangement S to aid in connecting stretch on type life-like figures andshowing the circular disc 11 with or Without a life-like figure orwithout threads adjusted into the cap 10 to adjustably hold flanged typelifelike figures and legendary figures` which will extend up through theneck 12. Numeral 15 in FIGURE 2, is the disc formed in one piece with ahollow chamber 16 to accommodate flanged type life-like figures 17 whichmay be formed for teething elements to be used with the bottle `and capor without, as desired. FIGURE 3 shows a hollow chamber 19 and life-likefigure 18. Numeral 20 shows a flanged life-like figure held in placewith disc 11. It also shows a life-like figure arrangement 21 removablyconnected to disc 11 and shows threaded holes 22 to connect other figurearrangements if desired. It also shows a stretch-on type figure 23representing a babys bust connected to neck 12, and hollow chambers 24and the transparent window 25 through which may be viewed figure 20extending up through cap 10. Numeral 26 in FIGURE 4 is a blind stretchon type nipple connected to neck 12 of retaining cap 10 and theprotective cap 2.7 which is to be formed to represent a life-like orlegendary figure and installed on retaining cap 10, and it shows the pinand spring 28 and valve 29, and the Aarrangement of life-like figuresextending down into the bottle, said figures may be adjusted to variousamusing movements by turning the cover 27 which carries the retainingcap 10 and disc 11 if desired, or the disc 11 may be `adjusted asdesired with a life-like figure handle formed thereon to carry andadjust the arrangement of figures extending into bottle 25, and alsoshown is a portion of a life-like figure 30` formed on a disc andextending up through the retaining cap and into the nipple.

FIGURE 5 is a top plan view of the tubular neck-like extension 12showing the rollers 14 and the bead-like element 13. The bottles andjars or containers may be transparent, and with an -arrangement ofvarious type lifelike figures imprinted or formed in various ways toamuse an infant.

Another object is that the disc can be formed with a hollow chamber toaccommodate various type figures having a fianged base, and theneck-like extension on the top of the retaining cap can be formed on thesaid disc opposite the hollow chamber to accommodate stretch on typefigures.

Another object is that the globular plastic or metal rollers in the topsocket-like arrangement of the neck-like extension, of the retaining capis to aid stretch-on type figures of various kinds, and to cause theretaining cap to be mobile, so when placed up-side-down it can be rolledabout with amusing things removably connected to a disc therein. Thisform is mostly for large retaining caps for jars with extra largemouths.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a bottle, a retaining cap removably andadjustably secured to said bottle, said cap having a tubular neck-likeextension centrally formed in the top, including a bead-like elementsurrounding said extension at the top, `and having a series of rollersarranged in the top of said extension, and having a revolvable andadjustable and removable circular disc arranged between said bottle andsaid cap, said disc having a life- 0 like or legendary figure handleextending up through said cap, and including an arrangement of figuresextending down from said disc and into said bottle, to perform invarious ways to amuse an infant, by adjusting said disc with saidhandle.

2. In combination according to claim 1, including a protective capformed and shaped to represent an infants bust having hollow chambersformed in the top thereof, said protective cap adapted to cover andprotect a lifelike or legendary figure extending up through theretaining cap or a nipple thereof when used, said protective capremovably installed on said retaining cap.

3. In combination with a transparent bottle, a retaining cap adjustablyand removably secured to said bottle, said cap having a tubularneck-like extension centrally formed in the top, and including yabead-like element surrounding said extension at the top, and having aseries of rollers arranged in said extension top, and including arevolv-able and adjustable and removable circular disc arranged betweenthe bottle and said cap, said disc formed with a hollow chamber toaccommodate a life-like or legendary ligure handle having a circularflanged elastic base, said handle extending up through said cap, saiddisc having formed on the opposite side an arrangement of figuresextending down from said disc and into said bottle to perform in variousways to amuse an infant by adjusting said disc with said handle.

4. In combination according to claim 3, including a cover formed torepresent an infants bust, for adjustably and removably connecting tothe external threads on the d' retaining cap, to cover and protect thelife-like or legendary ligure handle extending up through the retainingcap.

5. In combination with `a jar, a retaining cap adjustably and removablysecured to said jar, said cap having a tubular neck-like extensioncentrally formed in the top, and having a bead-like element surroundingsaid extension at the top thereof, and including a series of rollers`arranged in said extension top thereof, and having a revolvable,adjustable and removable circular disc arranged between said jar andsaid retaining cap, said disc having arranged on one side a removablyconnected life-like or legendary gure extending up through saidretaining cap, said disc having formed on the opposite side a life-likeor legendary gure extending downward and into said jar.

6. In combination laccording to claim 5, including a protective capformed and shaped to represent a life-like or legendary ligure havinghollow chambers formed and arranged in the top thereof, said protectivecap for covering and protecting a gure extending up through theretaining cap, said protective cap removably installed on said retainingcap.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,744,646 Blackstone May 8, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 478,657 Italy Feb. 28,`1953

